Social-Learning

 Being your own individual person and saying you are is a nearly impossible thing to do in todays society. Pretty much every single person is influenced by either their environment in which they live or the people they are surrounded by. Whether it be the way you react to certain things, or the way you dress, act and talk. For example, if one of your friends started to wear a certain fashion, and the fashion caught on, chances are that you would begin to dress in the same way as a way to fit in and be similar to other people. These actions and behaviors all show the example of the social learning personality theory. This theory is based off of social learning and external forces causing you to decide on life choices.

  The social learning theory has a huge influence on my daily life that i observe. Basically a person's entire personality and external appearances can be based off of social learning. My peers at school each have their own style that is based off of a desire to be the way they have learned socially is acceptable. The different type of cliques illustrate this, as people go off of what their friends wear and what their friends act like. They may adopt the same interests as their friends, such as an insane obsession for the cuteness of baby hippos and baby otters!

I've noticed personally several people who have changed their personality due to a new group of friends and what they think. External forces truly do have a very great influence on what a person is like.